Item: Ushnishavijaya (Buddhist Deity) - (Nine Deity Configuration)

Tibetan: གཙུག་གཏོར་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་མ། ཚེ་ལྷ། Chinese: 尊圣佛母（本尊）

(item no. 101323)

Origin Location	Northern India
Date Range	1100 - 1199
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Kronos Collection

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Female

Interpretation / Description

"Ushnishavijaya, the colour of an autumn moon; with three faces, white, yellow and blue and eight hands. Each face has three very large eyes. The first right hand holds a visvavajra, second a white lotus with Amitabha residing, third an arrow and the fourth in supreme generosity. The first left holds a vajra lasso, second a bow, third bestowing protection and fourth in meditative equipoise holding an auspicious nectar vase; complete with silks and jewel ornaments, seated in [vajra] posture. Within the outer circle of the stupa, on the right [side of the chaitya], above a moon is Avalokiteshvara with a body white in colour; the left hand holds a lotus. On the left [of the chaitya], above a sun is Vajrapani, blue; the left hand holds an utpala with vajra; standing in a peaceful manner and adorned with silks and jewels." (Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo, 1820-1892).

Jeff Watt [updated 6-2019]